Results for Stray CatsThe Stray Cats caused a rockabilly revival in the early 1980s. Adrift in a market for Duran Duran and Eddie Money types, the Stray Cats made their mark on MTV with a rowdy 1950s resurgence. Stray Cat singles "Rock this Town," "Stray Cat Strut" and "Runaway Boys" were huge hits both in Europe and in the U.S., and the American-released album Built for Speed occupied the number-two spot on the Billboard Album Chart for 26 weeks. Throughout the 1980s, the Stray Cats not only made their mark with fans but also with fellow cool-cat musicians....more
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by Denise Sullivan•November 28, 2007•
I'm looking at a picture of Mr. David Viner that features him with a wild-eyed look. Gaunt and pale, he looks a bit scared (or maybe it's scary), as if he could be related to one of the children in Margaret Keane's early paintings of big-eyed people who live at the dark end of the street.
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